Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Kites at the Cape Town International Kite Festival at Youngsfield Military Base on October 25, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. This year the festival celebrates 31 years of bringing #HopeOnAString through its vibrant and colourful kites, and also raise awareness of mental health every October. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)Ashleigh Hilton, left, as Mrs Lovett and Brett Kruger as Sweeney Todd pose for a photograph, 24 October 2025, at the Centurion Theatre, in Centurion. The two are currently performing in Scenario Productions and Die Centurion Teater’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The production runs until 1 November. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA woman reacts as she visits a makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian soldiers and international volunteers at Independence Square in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, 27 October 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Picture: EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKOPeople walk past a mural depicting the Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez turned saint, in Caracas, Venezuela, 16 October 2025 (issued 26 October 2025). Jose Gregorio Hernandez, a Venezuelan renowned doctor, who died more than a century ago, has recently been canonized by Pope Leo XIV, becoming one of Venezuela’s official saints. Picture: EPA/RONALD PENA RPerformers dance at the reception for Timor-Leste’s admission to ASEAN on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 October 2025. The 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits are being held in the Malaysian capital from 26 to 28 October 2025. Picture: EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG / POOLThe professional peloton race ride the Prince Alfred’s Pass during stage 1 of the inaugural Nedbank Gravel Burn stage race over 85km from Knysna to Avontuur, South Africa, 26 October 2025. Nedbank Gravel Burn is a 7-day, 800km full-service gravel stage race through South Africa’s Karoo area with professional riders racing with amateur’s in a full supported race. Picture: EPA/KIM LUDBROOKSurfers during the Nexgen Surf and the Shumeez Scott Foundation team up during Down Syndrome Awareness Month at Muizenberg Corner on October 26, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The event aims to provide surf lessons and create an inclusive event that celebrates individuals with Down syndrome and raises awareness. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)The Znamenskaya Church is reflected in the water among fallen leaves at Dubrovitsy Park on an autumn day in Podolsk, outside Moscow, Russia, 26 October 2025. Picture: EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOVA Westminster City Council street cleaner pressure washes the pavement, with the Houses of Parliament in the background, in Whitehall, London, Britain, 27 October 2025. Picture: EPA/TOLGA AKMENIranian suspects identified as (L-R) Jasem Darzadeh, Nadeem Jadgal, Imran Baloch, Hassan Baloch, and Rahim Bakshi appear at the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa, Kenya, 27 October 2025. Six Iranian nationals were arrested for trafficking narcotic drugs after their vessel, carrying about 1.024 tonnes of methamphetamine worth approximately USD 63 million, was intercepted off the coast of Mombasa in an operation carried out by the Kenya Navy (KN), Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS), and the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada). Picture: EPA/STRINGERA view of the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 27 October 2025. According to Saifan Nur, Head of the Regional Technical Implementation Unit of the Baittuahman Grand Mosque, Aceh Islamic Sharia Office, the number of married couples in his work area has decreased compared to 2024 due to the price of gold as one of the requirements for a wedding dowry continuing to skyrocket to IDR 2,430,000 per gram (around 146.20 US dollar). Picture: EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAKA demonstrator from the ‘Green New Deal Rising’ group wears a mask depicting Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a protest calling for wealth taxes on billionaires outside the HM Treasury in London, Britain, 27 October 2025. Protesters urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce wealth taxes on the super-rich to support public finances in the upcoming Autumn Budget. Picture: EPA/TOLGA AKMENAmsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema (L) cuts a 75-meter-long cake in the shape of 750 on Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 27 October 2025. On this day, Amsterdam commemorates its 750th anniversary. Picture: EPA/RAMON VAN FLYMEN
